When collectors got our first look at 1989 Upper Deck baseball cards — which was in 1988 for some of us — we were in love.
Here were the cards we’d been begging for all through the 1980.
Thick, premium white cardstock …
Gorgeous photography, front and back …
Simple design that helped the eye linger on said photography …
Even new tamper-proofing and anti-counterfeit methods to help combat what many saw as growing problems in the hobby.
It was amazing.
And then …
We saw the price tag — yowsa!
But, though we complained about the sticker shock of *new* packs that cost well over a buck each, collectively we just swallowed hard and shelled out for the privilege of the fancy new baubles.
Then asked for more and more and more.
Indeed, 1989 Upper Deck set a standard that the other card companies scrambled to match, which led to an explosion of card issues and card innovations in the 1990s and beyond.
Eventually, Upper Deck settled into the woodwork with the rest of the melee, something of a victim of its own success, then finally rode off into the (baseball) sunset in 2010.
Still, UD kept pumping out the cards for more than two decades after their Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card lit the hobby on fire, and all those cards still hold a cherished place in collections around the world.
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1990 Upper Deck & Fleer DEION SANDERS Yankees Baseball & Football Rookie Cards
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1992 Upper Deck Baseball (#601-800 + inserts) - Complete Your Set
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2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York - Baseball Cards - Complete Your Set - Pick
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💎1996 Upper Deck Baseball #285 Jose Canseco - Boston Red Sox💎
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1991 UPPER DECK BASEBALL CARDS YOU CHOOSE 21-779 MLB CARD FREE SHIPPING
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2008 Upper Deck Baseball Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection Singles - You Choose
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2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes - Baseball Cards - Complete Your Set - Pick
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1989 UPPER DECK BASEBALL CARDS #'S 601-800 YOU PICK NMMMT + FREE FAST SHIPPING!
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1993 Upper Deck Baseball Cards (#301-837 + Inserts) U Pick! 25 Cent Shipping!
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Upper Deck Baseball Football Heroes (1990-1992) / Pick Your Cards /Buy4+ Save40%
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